Ticket-holder.



J. J. WALSH.

TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

Patented J an. 19, 1909.

JOHN J. WALSH, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

TICKE It-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed July 14,51908. Serialllloiiiflfi.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. \VALsn, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to certain improvements in ticket holders forreceiving and retaining what is commonly known as checks which are givenout by railway conductors to the passengers when taking up tickets as avoucher for the receipt of such ticket. These checks are usuallyinserted within the band of the hat of the passenger surrendering theticket or in some other available place upon the car seat with theresult that the check frequently becomes lost or misplaced causing moreor less embarrassment and inconvenience to both the passenger andconductor.

My object is to attach to the end of the car seat a simple, practicalcheck holder capable of receiving and retaining the checks of twopassengers in the same seat and arranged so that the checks are alwaysvisible to the conductor in passing through the aisle of the car.

Another object is to provide the ticket holder with an extension band orstrap ex-.

tending across and secured to the back of the seat and having printedthereon any information which it may be desired to convey to thepassenger.

Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings-Fignre 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the backof a car seat showing my improved ticket holder and placard as appliedthereto. Figs. 9- and 3 are vertical and horizontal sectional viewstaken respectively on lines 22 and 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4.- is a transversesectional view similar to Fig. 3 of a modified form of ticket holder inwhich the back of the upright plate is divided vertically and itsmeeting edges turned in opposite directions to form the inner retainingflanges for the check.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, this ticket holder comprises a sheetmetal plate -1 secured in a vertical osition to one end face of the backA o a car seat and has its opposite vertical edges folded inwardlyforming opposite upright flanges 2 extending toward each other andspaced a slight distance apart from the back of the plate forminglengthwise grooves -3 to receive the outer edges of a check or ticket4-.

This check holder is especially adapted for the reception and retentionof two checks 4, one for each passenger of the seat and I, therefore,provide the plate l with a central lengthwise rib 5 having opposedflanges -(3 extending a slight distance laterally in opposite directionstoward the flanges 2 forming lengthwise grooves 7 for receiving andretaining the inner edges of the tickets --4.

The plate -l may be secured to the end of the seat by any suitablefastening means as screws 8 and in the present instance, I provide theticket holder with a bottom abutment -9 against which the lower end ofthe tickets rest, said abutment being pro vided with an elongated arml0- which extends around and across the back of the seat A and issecured thereto by suitable fastening means as screws l1-, said armorband l0- constituting a placard upon which may be printed anyinformation which it may be desired to convey to the passengers.

The vertical height of the ticket holder above the abutment -9 issomewhat less than the length of the tickets to be inserted therein sothat when the tickets are resting upon the abutment 9 their upper endswill protrude through and some distance above the grooves in which theyare inserted thereby permitting the conductor or other attendant toreadily grasp the same in the fingers for insertion into or withdrawalfrom the holder.

In some instances the ticket holder may be formed as shown in Fig. at inwhich a pair of ticket holders 12- are secured side by side to andrising from a suitable abutment or bottom piece -13, each ticket holderl2- having its opposite upright edges formed with inturned flanges 1land intervening grooves -15 for the reception and retention of thetickets, the abutments 13 being similar to the abutment -9. In eachinstance, however, the edges of the upright flanges of each ticketholder are spaced some distance apart leaving a clear opening from topto bottom so that the check or ticket may be visible throughmediatepartition midway between and out its length.

What I claim is: 1. In combination with a car seat, a metal band appliedto the back of the seat and terminating in a check holder restingagainst the end of said back.

2. In combination With a car seat, a metalplate secured to one end ofthe seat and provlded With opposite upright inturned flanges spaced somedistance apart, and an interparallel with the flanges, and an abutmentat the bottom of the plate extending across and secured to the back ofthe seat.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set In hand this 11th day of July1908.

JOHN J. WALSH.

Vitnesses: V

H. E. OHAsE,

CAROLINE MCCORMAOK.

